Food On Stove Causes Bethlehem House Fire Police

December 08, 1985|The Morning Call

Bethlehem fire officials estimated that $6,000 damage was done Friday to the kitchen in a Gatewood Lane home after a fire broke out when food was left on a stove.

Firefighters were called to the home of Jeanette Smith, 1912 Gatewood Lane, at 9:43 a.m., and extinguished the blaze in about five to 10 minutes, according to Assistant Chief Ishmael Williams. Williams said the fire was concentrated in the area of cabinets and a vent above the stove. He said smoke and fire damage was confined to the kitchen.

Williams said a juvenile was cooking and forgot to turn the stove off before leaving for school.